And the award goes to…
November 9, 2012
Sarah Speight, Academic Director of the Nottingham Advantage Award and Chair of the Grand Challenge on Education for Sustainable Development, shares her highlights of an evening at the Green Gown Awards. Sustainability is certainly not about winning awards, but it does help! Earlier this week Nottingham came away from the Green Gown Awards 2012 with a ‘Highly …
Brighten Up
October 25, 2012
Ucycle Project Officer, Briony Cheeseman, explains more about the Brighten Up campaign. Following on from September’s busy month with students coming back, October is turning out to be just as busy with around 200 Ucycle bikes being hired out to students – the third year of the hire scheme. But October also has additional importance as …
Start as you mean to go on
September 26, 2012
Kay Cocks, Energy and Environmental Officer, describes the Sustainability Team’s plans for Week One and beyond. September is a busy month for any University with the rush to get everything ready for the return of the students – and the Sustainability Team is no exception. Aside from making sure we have enough recycling bins, and …
Pass it on! Nottingham students build communities for sharing with new app
September 5, 2012
The idea of the brand new app is simple: to bring together people who want something and those who have it. And, unlike websites such as Freecycle and Freegle, the app uses existing social networks – such as Facebook – so that you can share with your friends. The app is called Neehoy and will …
Sustainable Nottingham
Dr Keith Pitcher, Director of Sustainability at The University of Nottingham explains how you can help the University become more sustainable and shares the changes he has already made. Welcome to the first edition of the Sustainable Nottingham blog. I’m pleased to write the opening entry, which will be followed by posts from colleagues across …
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